Jim DeMint speaks to the Tea Party masses—all twelve of them! (If that many)

Today’s Tea Party rally outside the Senate — the “Hold the Line” rally — attracted a few dozen activists, and about as many reporters. Here’s a shot of Jim DeMint addressing the crowd, more members of which were in the shade to the right.

Thought experiment: If liberals pulled a few hundred people to Congress for a rally against cuts/for tax hikes, would they get this much coverage?

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